| The War On Women Is Already Here Posted: 30 Jun 2018 02:45 AM PDT  The Supreme Court has been terrible to women all year ― and that's with
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| North Korea is keeping nuclear program alive, officials say Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:43 AM PDT  After President Trump's historic summit with Kim Jong Un, more than a dozen U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News that North Korea is pushing ahead with its nuclear program.
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| Here Are The Best ‘Families Belong Together’ March Signs Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:45 AM PDT  Thousands of people who attended the national 'Families Belong Together'
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| Mexico elections: Who is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the left-wing rebel tipped to take power? Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:50 AM PDT  Commentators say the former Mexico City mayor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador – known as 'Amlo' – would inject a new dose of nationalism into government – something that could heighten tensions in already testy US-Mexican relations. Mr Lopez Obrador has led opinion polls throughout the campaign in an election marred by violence, with 130 candidates and political workers killed since September. If he ousts the ruling centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he would be the first leftist in decades to take the presidency.
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| Full Graham: Mueller investigation ‘not a ground for recusal’ from Supreme Court Posted: 30 Jun 2018 10:50 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tells Chuck Todd that he believes President Trump's Supreme Court nominee won't have to recuse him or herself if questions of presidential power make their way to the Court.
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| Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low Posted: 01 Jul 2018 05:23 AM PDT  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protest saw one of the lowest turnouts in history, as thousands braved sweltering heat to protest against Beijing's tightening grip over the city on Sunday, the 21st anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. Hong Kong's opposition has lost much steam in the past year, which saw elected pro-democracy legislators disqualified and some of the most prominent activists jailed. Against the fall of Hong Kong." "Now the government is already siding with the Communist Party.
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| Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md. Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:34 AM PDT ![Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.]( "Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.") Hundreds of people gathered on Friday evening to remember the five people gunned down at a community newspaper office in Annapolis, Md., one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
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| 12-Year-Old Black Kid Has Police Called On Him For Mowing A Lawn Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:05 PM PDT  A 12-year-old child who started his own summer lawn-mowing business had the
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| Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:22 PM PDT  A string of rebel-held locations in southern Syria passed into regime control Sunday as the government regained more ground under Russian-brokered deals, a war monitor said. Talks involving rebels, local officials and regime ally Russia saw agreements struck for four villages and a strategic town near the border with Jordan, extending government control to some 60 percent of the southern Daraa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Since June 19, Russia-backed regime forces have ramped up bombardment against opposition fighters in southern Syria as Damascus pushes to retake the area.
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| 6 Kids Attending Birthday Party Among 9 Stabbed At Apartment Complex Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:23 AM PDT  Six children were attending a birthday party when they were violently stabbed
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| Temporary housing program for hurricane survivors ends Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:52 AM PDT  The FEMA program that helped Americans impacted by Hurricanes Maria, Irma and Harvey has come to an end. The agency said the program was meant to be a temporary solution, but nearly 2,000 displaced survivors struggle to find permanent housing.
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| North Korea Kidnapped Her 13-Year-Old Daughter. She Spent Decades Trying To Get Her Back. Posted: 01 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  NIIGATA, Japan ― Megumi Yokota was just 13 when she disappeared. On her way
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| Trump says he'll bring up election meddling with Putin Posted: 29 Jun 2018 09:02 PM PDT  MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to bring up Russian election meddling during his upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin, part of a wide-ranging list of topics that could include sanctions and the status of Crimea.
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| Investors hopeful Mexico's Lopez Obrador will veer to the center Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:36 PM PDT  By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican assets are poised to strengthen even if leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins Sunday's presidential election, analysts say, on expectations he will govern from the center and as the uncertainty stemming from the race fades. Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, holds a roughly 20-point lead over his nearest rival ahead of the July 1 vote, according to the latest polls, putting him on track to become the first leftist Mexican president since the 1930s. Strategists at Miami-based Bulltick Capital, however, are among those who believe that Lopez Obrador will pursue centrist policies once in office.
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| 'We Want to Find Them Today.' Thai Authorities Say They're Preparing to Rescue Missing Boys Posted: 30 Jun 2018 10:24 PM PDT  The under-16 soccer team and their coach have been missing for more than a week
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| Grateful neighbors return home after Concord grass fire prompted evacuations Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:06 AM PDT  Fire watch crews will be on scene all night in Concord following a brush fire that threatened hundreds of homes. The fire is now 85 percent contained and residents who were evacuated are now allowed to return home.
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| Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:15 AM PDT  A riot was declared in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday evening as the city exploded into its worst protest violence of the Trump era. More than 150 supporters of the far-right Patriot Prayer group fought pitched street battles with scores of anti-fascist protesters. The far-right march had started near Schrunk Plaza in the city centre, where the rightwing group had held a rally, led by the Patriot Prayer founder and Republican US Senate candidate Joey Gibson.
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| Infamous French Thief Escapes Prison in Bold Helicopter Caper Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:54 PM PDT  Unarmed guards said they could do nothing to prevent it
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| Plastic a big part of human life and a major source of pollution Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:02 AM PDT  So many of the items we use are made of plastic, but much of it doesn't get recycled and pollutes the land and seas. Many cities are moving to ban certain products and some families are trying to live plastic-free.
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| N. Korea's Kim asked China's Xi to help lift sanctions: report Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:07 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US President Donald Trump, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday, citing multiple unnamed sources in the two countries. Kim made the request during his third meeting with Xi in Beijing last month, and the Chinese president promised to do his "utmost" to satisfy it, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. "We are feeling great pain due to economic sanctions.
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| Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement Puts Key Issues On The Line Posted: 30 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  The likely replacement of Justice Anthony Kennedy by a hard-right
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| Newspaper shooting suspect's grievances began with classmate Posted: 29 Jun 2018 06:29 PM PDT  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Before he developed a long-running grudge against The Capital Gazette, the man who police say opened fire and killed five newspaper staffers directed his anger at a female high school classmate he barely knew.
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| Delta Apologizes to Busy Philipps for Rerouting Her Daughter on Separate Flight Posted: 01 Jul 2018 11:41 AM PDT  The company refunded her money after the mix-up.
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| Iran calls for calm after water protests, clashes Posted: 01 Jul 2018 06:41 AM PDT  Iran called for calm on Sunday after protests in a southern city over water shortages turned violent overnight with reports of police shooting at demonstrators who attacked banks and public buildings. "No one has been killed in the unrest and just one person has been wounded in a shooting," said Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, quoted by the state news agency IRNA. "Our effort is to bring these protests to an end as soon as possible with restraint from police and the cooperation of authorities, but if the opposite happens, the judiciary and law enforcement forces will carry out their duties," Rahmani Fazli was quoted as saying.
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| Crews rescue deaf puppy stuck in hole for 30 hours in Alabama Posted: 30 Jun 2018 03:52 PM PDT  After 30 hours of effort, volunteers were able to rescue a 7-week-old deaf puppy that fell down a 50-foot (15-meter) crevice behind a house in Alabama.
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| Net Neutrality Supporter Threatened to Murder FCC Chairman's Children, DOJ Says Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:11 AM PDT  Markara Man, 33, threatened to kill Pai's family in December 2017, officials say
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| Lopez Obrador: 'stubborn' leftist vowing to change Mexico Posted: 01 Jul 2018 10:05 AM PDT  Mexico City (AFP) - "Stubborn" is among the many insults that have been hurled at Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the veteran leftist who is the heavy favorite to win Mexico's presidential election Sunday. The man known as "AMLO" kicked off his third presidential bid vowing to use his headstrong personality to fight for the change that so many Mexicans are demanding this election year. "We're talking about a man whose main quality is his tenacity," Mexican writer and historian Paco Ignacio Taibo II, an outspoken supporter, told AFP.
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| North Korea Mulls Ways To 'Conceal' Nuclear Weapons From U.S.: Reports Posted: 01 Jul 2018 06:28 AM PDT  North Korea has no intention of giving up its entire nuclear stockpile and is
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| French politician Simone Veil honored with Pantheon burial Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:37 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, who repeatedly broke barriers for women in French politics and spearheaded the fight to legalize abortion, was buried at the Pantheon on Sunday, an honor reserved for French heroes.
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| Bear Cub with Burned Feet Rescued From Colorado Fire Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:24 PM PDT  She will eventually return to the wild.
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| Capital Gazette: US mass shooters and their history of violence towards women Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  This week's attack on the newspaper, the Capital Gazette, comes at a time when threats against American journalists are rising. The Maryland woman told the Capital Gazette in 2011 that she had answered Ramos's messages, just "being friendly", but soon realized the situation was "turning into something that gave me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach". "He seems to think there's some sort of relationship here that does not exist," she told the paper.
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| Original Bullitt Mustang To Make International Debut At Goodwood Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  The iconic car emerged earlier this year after years out of the spotlight.
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| Rescue of deaf puppy stuck in hole for 30 hours draws thousands Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:30 AM PDT  After 30 hours of effort, volunteers were able to rescue a 7-week-old deaf puppy that fell down a 50-foot crevice behind a house in Alabama.
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| Afghan president orders troops to resume operations against Taliban Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:00 AM PDT  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a formal end to his government's ceasefire with the Taliban on Saturday but called on the insurgents to agree to full peace talks following a three-day truce during this month's Eid holiday. "It is now the Taliban's decision, whether they want to keep killing or join the peace process," Ghani told a news conference in Kabul where he repeated an appeal for comprehensive peace talks.
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| The Latest: College stabbing, police shooting leave 2 dead Posted: 30 Jun 2018 03:13 AM PDT  POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a stabbing and police shooting at a Southern California college (all times local):
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| Jordan army sends aid to southern Syria displaced Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:15 PM PDT  The Jordanian army has sent cross-border deliveries of aid to displaced people in Syria's southern province of Daraa, where Damascus is pressing an offensive to oust rebels, officials said. "The Jordanian armed forces have started sending convoys of humanitarian aid to the Syrian brothers... inside Syria," Jordanian government spokeswoman Jumana Ghanimat told AFP.
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| Maxine Waters Responds To Death Threats: 'You'd Better Shoot Straight' Posted: 30 Jun 2018 05:02 PM PDT  Days after she was forced to cancel events because of a "very serious" death
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| Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline - factory sources Posted: 01 Jul 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Tesla Inc nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its second quarter, with the final car rolling off the assembly line on Sunday morning, several hours after the midnight goal set by Chief Executive Elon Musk, two workers at the factory told Reuters. It was not clear if Tesla could maintain that level of production for a longer period of time. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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| Great white spotted off Spain in decades first: marine group Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:08 PM PDT  A great white shark was spotted in waters off Spain's Balearic Islands this week in what is the first such sighting by scientists in at least 30 years, a marine conservation group said Saturday. The Alnitak group captured footage of the shark, which it said was five metres (16 feet) long, on Thursday in the seas off Cabrera island and followed it for over an hour, it said on its Facebook page, posting a picture. "In the past years there have been possible unconfirmed sightings and various rumours, but this is the first scientific verification of the presence of a Carcharodon (great white shark) in Spanish waters in at least 30 years," it wrote.
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| The Latest: Hundreds attend vigil for slain paper staffers Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:48 PM PDT  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the shootings targeting Maryland's Capital Gazette newspaper (all times local):
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT  From a new Volvo to an adorable Audi, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| The supreme court has taken a sledgehammer to the New Deal Posted: 30 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Of the three decisions the US supreme court handed down this week, the gay wedding cake case and travel ban cases were the latest battles in the culture wars that Republicans long have waged. The Janus decision declaring that public sector employees cannot be required to pay fees to the unions that represent them went beyond culture to the very meaning of the American government and how Republicans define it. Since the 1930s, when then president Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to break the hold of moneyed men on the government and broker "a new deal for the American people", a cabal of reactionaries resolved to destroy the new government Democrats created.
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| Is Taiwan Ready for an Aggressive China? Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:11 PM PDT  Taipei has been lucky, having to contend with a regime in Beijing that is distracted. But that luck could run out--and soon.
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| University police shoot, kill man during Oregon bar fight Posted: 29 Jun 2018 06:05 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University police shot and killed a man while responding to a bar fight near campus, and a witness said the victim had been trying to stop the melee early Friday.
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| Palestinians call for 'revenge' at funeral of boy killed by Israeli fire Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:44 AM PDT  Thousands of Palestinians on Saturday attended the funeral of the 11-year-old son of a Hamas military commander killed by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip, with mourners demanding "revenge". Yasser Abu al-Naja, whose father is a member of Hamas's military wing, was shot in the head on Friday in border clashes near the southern city of Khan Yunis. Senior members of Hamas, which rules the blockaded Gaza Strip, and commanders of its Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades attended the funeral.
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| Trump Has Lied And Twisted Facts To Justify His Harsh Immigration Policies Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:45 PM PDT  The national outrage against the Trump administration's separation and
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